Washing-machine



(No Model.)

R. G. BALDWIN.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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RANsoM c. BALDWIN, on osKnLoosA, IOWA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 285,550, datedSeptember 25, 1883,

, Application filed March 26,1883. No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, RANSOM G. BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oskaloosa,in the county of Mahaska and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in WVashing-Machines; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the same, ref

erence being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of referencemarkedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is aperspective view of a washing-machineembodying'my invention, with a portion of the side and end of thesuds-box broken away to show the interior thereof; Fig. 2, alongitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3, a'detail sectional view, on anenlarged scale, .of one of the sockets of the agitatorhead; Fig. 4, adetail view, in perspective, of the double wedge; Fig. 5, a detailsectional View taken through one of the wooden pegs, metal wedge, andsocket; Fig.6, a cross-sec tion ofFig. 5, taken on line x w,- and Fig.7, a detail View, showing the L-shaped slot in the interior side of thesuds-box and the slatted false bottom in dotted lines.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovements in that class of washing-machines in which anagitator-head, ofmetal, cast with sockets to receive and hold the endsof the wooden pegs, is employed, and suitable gearing for operating it.

The object of the invention is to provide means for securely holding thewooden pegs in the sockets, so that there will be less liability oftheir working loose and dropping out. This object I attain by theconstruction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Arepresents the usual suds-box, ofrectangular .or other shape, provided with the usual legs or supportsand the cover B. This suds-box has formed upon it sides, near each end,L-shaped grooves G, to receive the projecting ends of crossbars a of aslatted false bottom, D. After the slatted bottom is dropped down to thelower extremity of the slots, and the projecting ends of the cross-barsrest on the bottom thereof, the slatted bottom is moved along in thedirection of the arrows, Fig. 2, until the ends of the cross-bars are inthe horizontal portions of the slot, as shown, when the slatted bottomwill be prevented from being accidentally raised.

To prevent the bottom D from sliding back and bringing the ends of thebars a on a line with the upright, or vertical portion of the grooves O,a suitable fastening device, b, is employed. This device I) is pivotedto the interior of the suds-box A, at one end thereof, and extends overthe project-ing end of one of the cross-bars a, as shown in Fig. 2,which holds the slatted botton'i stationary.

To the cover 13 is secured a suitable frame, E, of any desired form orconstruction, for supporting the usual driving gear-wheel, F, providedwith a handle, 0, for operating it, the teeth of said gear-wheel meshingwith those of a pinion, (1, upon the upper end of a ,vertical shaft, 0,whereby the shaft may have imparted to it the required motion.

The gearing, also the frame, as above described, may be variouslymodified or changed in their form or construction, as they form no partof my invention, and I therefore desire to be understood as notconfining myself to the precise means shown. V

The agitator-head shown at G is cast with a series of sockets, I-I, eachsocket having upon its interior around its periphery horizontal groovesf.

A double wedge, I, is used for securing the wooden pegs K in the socketsH, said wedge being of the form shown in detail, Fig. 4. The doublewedge, it should be noticed, is cast in one piece, forming four radialcuttingedges, and thus differs from the ordinary wedge employed forexpanding a wopden peg or dowel-pin in a socket, as is common incarpentry, the peculiar form of double wedge, as shown, being especiallyadapted to the grooved socket. In securing the pegs K in the sockets Hthe double wedge I is first dropped down into the same, the base orgreatest thickness of the wedge resting on the bottom ,of the socket.The reduced end of the pegK is next driven down into the socket H, andas it comes in contact with the sharp edges of the wedge the end of thepeg will be split in four.

sections or quarters, forcing the wood in four different directionsagainst the face or surface of the socket and into the grooves, as shownin Figs. 5 and 6. The means above described of securing the pegs in thesockets render it almost impossible for them to work loose and drop out,as the fibers of the wood are compactly forced into the grooves by theaction of the double wedge.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

I11 a washing-machine, the agitator-head G, cast with sockets H, saidsockets having grooves f, in combination with the double wedge I, castin one piece, with four radial cutting-edges, as shown, and the woodenpegs K, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein presence of two witnesses.

RANSOM G. BALDXVIN. lVitnesses:

C. A. NEALE, N. E. OLIPI-IANT,

